Local bluesman Darren Watson recalls the time he met B.B. King, and talks about his lasting legacy. Audio

A tribute to the late BB King from Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Highway 61 Programme. Mississippi musician BB King, known as "King of the Blues" passed away on Friday 15 May 2015, aged 89. King… Audio

The lilting tone of the banjo. Two of them. Playing together. Alex Borwick plays an Irish tenor banjo, BB (Cathrine Bowness) a 5-string bluegrass. BB and Alex join host Kirsten Johnstone in the Music… Audio

Trevor Reekie talks to Baaba Maal at WOMAD Taranaki 2012. Audio

2013 was the year The Harlem Shake had crowds of people the world over dancing like mad on youtube. The man behind the hit, Harry Rodriguez - better known as Baauer - was in New Zealand for… Audio

Bachelorette is the name Annabel Alpers uses to release her girl meets machine electro-pop. She released her debut EP 'Isolation Loops' in 2006. For that album she took her machines into an old cabin… Audio

Annabel Alpers' critically acclaimed Bachelorette EP 'The End of Things' was made in the comfortable domestic surrounds of her Auckland flat with the aid of her computer and a raft of vintage… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the album Isolation Loops for The Sampler. Audio

What happens when a girl takes magic mushrooms and falls in love with a computer? You get Bachelorette. Nick Atkinson visited musician Annabel Alpers (aka Bachelorette) at home and found her baking… Audio

Annabel Alpers tells Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone why she's retiring the Bachelorette moniker, and about recording the new self-titled album in far flung places including Tripoli and Virginia. Audio

Rodney Fisher is best known as one of the two singers and songwriters in Goodshirt, the 90s Auckland group which reformed in mid 2012. Fisher's been busy since the band went on hiatus, he toured with… Audio

Bad Blocks, introducing their song Turning, from the EP Circulate. Audio

The electro punk outfit that brings together a United Nations of ethinicities and gender politics talk about the long awaited second album Underwater Pyramids. Audio

Dianne Swann and Brett Adams have been making music together since the early 1990s. While living in England they played as The Julie Dolphin and Boom Boom Mancini. Since then they have set up shop in… Audio

Reviewing the new album Travel Light by this local duo. Audio

The Clean's Hamish Kilgour talks with Alister Parker and Brent McLachlan in New York about bringing the original line up together on their latest album Trinine, and Emma Smith catches bassist John… Audio

Chris Baio is the New York-born, London-based bass player for indie pop four-piece Vampire Weekend. Utilising some downtime from his full time gig, Chris has released a dancefloor-focused solo album… Audio

Jarrod Baker sings a song for his infant daughter. Audio

Louis Baker is assured and relaxed performing smouldering soul tunes with nothing but his acoustic guitar for accompaniment. During a cadence for a song called 'Even In The Darkness' he lets out a… Audio

Marty Duda talks with Auckland-born Lance Ferguson, guitarist for Melbourne funk and soul group The Bamboos. Lance roped in Aloe Blacc and You Am I's Tim Rogers - who explores a strange new vocal… Audio

Melbourne soul band The Bamboos played at Splore 2014 - Nick Atkinson got band leader and ex-pat Lance Fergusen in for a chat. Audio

Ben Bridwell of Seattle-based Band Of Horses talks to Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone about the band's new collective approach. Audio

One of the biggest musical events ever staged in New Zealand is to take place in Hagley Park, Christchurch. Thirty-four different acts are getting together to celebrate the community's efforts in… Audio

Nick Atkinson speaks with Ben Birdwell of Seattle group Band of Horses, sitting in a cabin in Colorado. Audio

Bass player and singer Emma Richardson from South Hampton rockers Band of Skulls talks about the album 'Sweet Sour'. Audio

The Band Of Strangers 2010 saw pupils from eight schools in the Waikato region gather at the grand Founders Theatre in Hamilton for a taste of pop music stardom. Around one hundred young musicians… Audio

Kirsten Johnsone talks to Bang Bang Eche, who have spent their late teens touring the US and Europe. Audio

Zach Doney phones in from the CMJ Music Marathon in New York. Audio

Devendra Banhart will be at January 2010's Big Day Out to play songs from his new album What Will We Be. Over the past few years Devendra has built a reputation as a rather eccentric fellow and has… Audio

Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone visits Alistair's Music to find out more about banjos, and buys one for her own entertainment. Audio

Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone learns to play the banjo, and has a lesson with teacher Wayne Robinson. Audio

We catch up with lead singer Richie Setford, after Angela Keoghan's cover art picked up a Tui for Bannerman's second album Dearly Departed. Richie takes us to rehearsals with the Batucada Sound… Audio

Richie Setford is giving up his home comforts to start over again in Europe. We join him as he downsizes, packs up, and heads to Berlin. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews 'The Dusty Dream Hole' - the debut album of Bannerman, otherwise known as Auckland songwriter and musician Richie Setford for The Sampler. Audio

Auckland musician Richie Setford has a new alter ego: Bannerman. It's almost an about-face for a musician best known for his tireless work leading Auckland disco-funk behemoth One Million Dollars and… Audio

Melbourne's Banoffee has just released her latest EP Do I Make You Nervous?. Before her debut New Zealand performance, she catches up with Zac Arnold for her first interview with Radio New Zealand. Audio

Original bassist for Dinosaur Jr, Lou Barlow, talks about the band's acrimonious break-up and recent make-up. Audio

EJ Barnes perfoms a session for Music 101 on Radio New Zealand National. Audio

Slacker in sound, philosopher in content, Australian Courtney Barnett plays us a few songs and tells us about where her music comes from. Audio

Melbourne based songsmith Courtney Barnett talks with Zac Arnold at St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2015. Audio

Yadana Saw talks to Barry Saunders about his award winning album. Audio

A jazz trio from the capital featuring long time friends and collaborators. They first played together at Wellington's Beefeaters Arms in the 70's. They've made four albums together, the latest is… Audio

Laneway headliner Natasha Khan does like to be beside the seaside - she talks about the environmental influences on her third album The Haunted Man. Audio

The beat-heavy soundscapes and curious samples of North American beat meaker Will Wiesenfeld, aka Baths, caught the attention of outsider label Anticon, which released his debut album Cerulean in… Audio

Sarah Mary Chadwick of Batrider talks Emma Smith through the secrets of her guitar tone at the first Campus A Low Hum. Audio

Paul Kean of The Bats talks about video footage he took in the Christchurch CBD moments after the 22 February 2011 earthquake, The Bats trip to the Perth Arts Festival just days later, and - given his… Audio

Now in their 32nd year of peddling sweet and sour country-inflected jangle pop, The Bats' Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Kaye Woodward and Paul Kean have recently been digging through their back… Audio

Cuban and Brazilian rhythms are fused with Aotearoa roots live in Radio New Zealand's Auckland studios. Audio

We speak to the Lex Pistols and Joe Carbery, two stalwarts of the Bay of Islands Jazz Festival which is celebrating its 32nd year. Audio

Baynk introduces his track 'Could You'. Audio

Phil Austen and the Bayonets perform Monsters In My Head, Stuck In A Hole, and Set in Stone. Audio

Young Northland/Auckland quartet Beach Pigs have emerged from months of enforced silence with their debut album, the enigmatically-titled Grom Warfare. The product of punishing live schedules, serious… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a summer-themed set from Auckland indie-rock quartet Beach Pigs. Audio

Nick Bollinger listens to a set of outsider perspectives from former Chicago street-singer Willis Earl Beal. Audio

The once homeless, ex-army, Cat Power collaborator Willis Earl Beal dispels the myths - and some of the truths - surrounding his second release Nobody Knows. Audio

The Pasifika Festival at Western Springs in Auckland is the biggest celebration of Pacific culture in the world. For the first time there's a Hawiian village and stage - we meet Hawiian slack-key… Audio

Bearcat is the English translation of Xiong Mao - the Chinese Mandarin word for Giant Panda. It's also the name of an Auckland indie-pop band. Bearcat are Dan Trevarthen and Jocee Tuck, with various… Audio

Following the death of Beastie Boy rapper Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA on 4 May 2012 age 47, Music 101 host Emma Smith recalls some of the higghlights of Yauch's career, and spoke to local media guy and hip… Audio

Trevor Reekie reviewing Beast Wars second album Blood Becomes Fire for The Sampler on RNZ National, May 2013. Audio

Radio New Zealand reporter Christopher Gilbert talks to John Lennon's second cousin Lynda Mathews of Upper Hutt, about the day she met her famous relation, fifty years ago. Audio

Music 101 listeners share their memories of The Beatles 1964 New Zealand tour. Audio

Dan Beban shows us his 'biscuit tin banjo'. Audio

Host of The Sampler Nick Bollinger turns book reviewer for Beck's new release Song Reader - an album's worth of sheet music. Audio

Nick Bollinger takes a listen to a set of slow songs on Morning Phase from American artist Beck. Audio

It's been six years since Beck's last album Modern Guilt. During that time he suffered a spinal injury which hindered his ability to play and perform. He's been working pretty solidly though… Audio

He may very well be the best guitar player on the planet. Jeff Beck has been on the cutting edge of the electric guitar ever since he replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds in 1965. Since then he's… Audio

Trumpet player Harry Beckett is originally from Barbados, but relocated to the UK in the 50s and has been a fixture on the English jazz scene ever since. Harry is 73 and and recently released a new… Audio

Sam Wicks talks to Beirut band leader Zach Condon about moving pianos, refining his sound, and the album 'The Rip Tide'. Audio

Adrian Belew got his first break with Frank Zappa in 1977, playing rhythm guitar and doing a Bob Dylan impersonation on Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti album. He's since collaborated with David Bowie, Paul… Audio

The Bellbirds play a session in Roundhead Studios for Radio New Zealand. The songs are: You've Got to Let Me Love You, The Wrong Thing, Say It's Alright, Straight To You (written by Nick Cave), I Gave… Audio

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch on chasing the illusive muse from song to screen, and their 2015 album Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance. Audio

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch on chasing the illusive muse from song to screen, and their 2015 album Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance. Audio

The Bemsha Swing with the song 'Question Marked' from album Against Friends and Lovers http://thebemshaswing.bandcamp.com/ 15 September 2012 Audio

Backstage on the day of their Auckland show, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard talked to Tony Stamp about how gentrification inspired lead single 'Gold Rush'. Audio

A rip-roaring set from Benka Borodovsky Bordello Band. Songs are The Song Of The Count, Miserlou, Nabokov's Wandering Eye, Dance Of Death, and Chusidl. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Dudley Benson's mini-album Orders, Medals and Decorations for The Sampler on Radio New Zealand National. Audio

Dudley Benson performs in session for Music 101. The songs are: On The Shoulders Of The Earth, Willow, Asthma, It's Akaroa's Fault (Nuri Mix). Audio

Composer and performer Dudley Benson spends two weeks as artist in residence in the Japanese historical city of Kurashiki, where traditional music and arts are a core part of everyday life. Through… Audio

To celebrate Matariki we asked Otautahi-born composer and performer Dudley Benson and Taumarunui-born artist and designer Johnson Witehira., both of whom feature in City Gallery's festival calendar… Audio

Dudley Benson's 2010 album Forest breathed new life into the songs of Hirini Melbourne through voice alone. Now, the songs on Forest have themselves been reimagined as part of a remix project called… Audio

Reworked songs by the late Maori composer, poet and author, Hirini Melbourne. With the exception of Taonga Puoro played by Hirini Melbourne collaborator Richard Nunns, all of the songs on 'Forest… Audio

Composed mostly in a 2 by 2 metre room in the Basque region of Spain, Bernard Fanning talks with Nick Atkinson about his latest solo record and why Queenslanders should adopt the afternoon siesta. Audio

Trevor Reekie talks with author and music journalist Joel Selvin about Bert Berns, the producer and songwriter whose catalogue includes 'Twist & Shout', 'Piece of My Heart', and 'Here Comes the… Audio

Cut Off Your Hands guitarist Jonathan Lee introduces his new band Bespin, and plays us their debut song. Audio

When Auckland shoegaze-ists Bespin supported Princess Chelsea at Auckland live music institution, The Kings Arms, they used their opening slot as an opportunity to road-test material from their… Audio

Music 101 contributors Marty Duda, Martyn Pepperell and Elle Hunt join Melody Thomas to discuss some of the most memorable moments in live music this year. Audio

Bethany Cosentino was winning fans around LA with pretty, vocally driven drone in the group Pokahaunted... then, seemingly out of the blue, she left the group, hooked up with multi instrumentalist… Audio

Nick Atkinson reviews the first of Beyonce's four sold out shows at the Vector Arena in Auckland. 19 October, 2013 Audio

Beyondensemble are an Auckland based group and have just completed a nationwide tour to promote their first studio album. Their sound manages to traverse genres, ranging from celtic, cajun, and… Audio

Calcutta-based musician Debashish Bhattacharya gave his first guitar recital at the age of four. A virtuoso slide-guitarist who has customised his own instruments, Debashish has also developed a… Audio

Phil O'Brien talks with long running southern California band Big Daddy, the original mash-up band that perform contemporary hits arranged and performed in the classic styles of 1950s rock & roll… Audio

Sam Wicks and Kirsten Johnstone from Music 101 on Radio New Zealand National takes their annual excursion to the Big Day Out. The line-up this year was arguably the strongest in a while, with names… Audio

Nick Atkinson reports from the final Auckland Big Day Out. Audio

Radio New Zealand Music reporters Sam Wicks and Nick Atkinson join Music 101 host Emma Smith for a brief review of the Big Day Out 2014 music festival - the first to be held at Western Springs… Audio

Dunedin's Bill Morris was nominated for the APRA Best Country Music Song at this year's Country Music Awards for 'Hinterland'. He checks in from the Chatham Islands to talk to Emma Smith about the… Audio

Ahead of his induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame, Bill Sevesi talks to Trevor Reekie about his lifelong love of music. Audio

Best known for co-writing the Golden Globe and Oscar winning song 'The Weary Kind' with T Bone Burnett from the Crazy Heart soundtrack, Ryan Bingham joins us for a live session ahead of his show in… Audio

Campbell Kneale - by day, he's an unassuming Lower Hutt high school teacher and dad, but while everyone else is sleeping, he lurks in his converted garage making blur-scapey noise as Birchville Cat… Audio

Following a flash reissue on Flying Nun, Nick Atkinson tracks down the 80s Auckland group to find out if Bird Nest Roys were the missing link between the pub rockers and the punks. Audio

Australian Band Birds of Tokyo Joined Nick Atkinson in Music 101's Auckland Studio for a session. Audio

Australian Band Birds of Tokyo Joined Nick Atkinson in Music 101's Auckland Studio for a session. Audio

In our exploration of music, life and death, Yadana Saw looks at the music that accompanies our exits from and introductions to life by speaking to a new mother, a midwife and a New Orleans trumpet… Video, Audio

Rwandan born rapper Raiza Biza on his journey so far, how Nelson Mandela changed hip hop and the everlasting impact of Tupac Shakur and Macgyver. Audio

Bjork enthusiast and chamber pop musician Dudley Benson joins Melody to review Bjork's ninth album "Vulnicura". Audio

Aloe Blacc talks about the politics at the heart of his 21st century soul music. Audio

The hard working Texan group, and curators of Austin Psych Fest are in New Zealand for the first time. We find out why now is the hour for a psychedelic rock revival. Audio

We meet up with Christchurch three-piece The Transistors on the eve of the release of their new album Is This Anything? and a two-week run of shows down the country. Audio

Ahead of their lengthy US tour, we speak with Calum Robb and Julia Catherine Parr about their beguiling pairing, and debut album Another Life. Audio

Joe Lewis, frontman for Austin garage-blues band Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears tells Emma Smith why you can't emulate your favourite vocalists forever and what Electric Slavery, the title of the… Audio

Atlanta-based four piece Black Lips seem to come from the 'all publicity is good publicity' school of self promotion. Emma Smith followed them backstage after their sweaty, shonky blues set. Audio

Black Minnaloushe is a project helmed by Wellingtonian Andrew Carey, who previously played alongside his cousin Sean O'Brien - aka Joe Blossom - in melodic rock band The Livids. With the help of… Audio

We buttonhole the band at the listening session for the forthcoming album 13 and ahead of their first NZ concerts since the Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival in January 1973. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the first Ozzy-led studio album in over three decades from Black Sabbath. Audio

Wellington reggae/funk band The Black Seeds often perform with a multitude of members on stage. For NZ Live six of the group were cramed into a Radio New Zealand studio to discuss their over a decade… Audio

Music Mix presenter Nick Atkinson gives sound guy Chris Gee a call to get an update on the Black Seeds USA tour, and finds out a bit about life on the road... 31 August 2010. Audio

Black Ties is a new theatre piece that tells the story of trans-Tasman love through the eyes and lives of its indigenous peoples. The musical dramedy goes the heart of love and its modern… Audio

Nu metal outfit Blindspott were a big name in NZ Music in the early 2000s. The band's now back as Blacklistt, a name change with a backstory that takes in an army of lawyers, a court battle, and… Audio

Timothy Blackman with 'When You Find That Love' from the This Country EP. timothyblackman.bandcamp.com/ 7 September 2013 Audio

NZ born, Australian based musician and label owner Guy Blackman performs a session for Music 101. The songs are: Staying Sober, Older, Being Missed & World of Bees. Audio

Poised for success is a singer from Auckland making it big now after 6 years of hard in the UK and now LA as well. A brief meeting with one of America's top music producers this year led to a record… Audio

The Music Mix is backstage at the latest incarnation of Barnaby Weir's Fly My Pretties tour and new cast member Shaun Blackwell comes in for a live session. Audio

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Warwick Blair remixes two movements from his album Accordian in this exclusive live session. The songs are: Harp, & Trumpet. Audio

U.K.electronic producer James Blake spoke to Nick Atkinson about recordinmg & performing with childhood friends and his favourite cities, on his recent visit to Auckland. Audio

Two time ARIA winner Sarah Blasko performs songs from her new album I Alone in our Auckland studio. Audio

Sarah Blasko has enjoyed huge success at home in Australia, and is making an impression in NZ too, with her theatric flair and beautifully crafted songs. Kirsten Johnstone spent a few minutes with… Audio

Wellington band Bleakwater with their song Standard Mean Time, from their self-titled album. bleakwater.bandcamp.com Audio

One woman whirlwind Kristen Erickson AKA Kevin Blechdom shares her troubled relationship with all things pop with Emma Smith. Audio

Camp a Low Hum organiser Blink spoke with Kirsten Johnstone. Audio

Best known for his Camp A Low Hum music festivals, Ian 'Blink' Jorgensen declared the 2014 to be the last. This year he is back at the same location under a slightly different name to celebrate A… Audio

Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone talks to Camp A Low Hum festival organiser Blink at Camp Waiuni. 11 February 2012 Audio

Established in 1952 U.K. music magazine the New Musical Express has built up and broken down its share of indie rock bands over the years, praising - then lambasting - new artists at increasing… Audio

Blondie was formed in 75 by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and became the most commercially sucessful band from the CBGB's scene in New York. The band spent 15 years apart, while Debbie did the solo… Audio

Blondie emerged from the vibrant New York scene in the late '70s, although, at the time were deemed by the 'industry' and some of their peers as the band least likely to get a deal, let alone became… Audio

The newly appointed chairperson of the NZ Music Commission Victoria Blood, on why she thinks she's got what it takes to guide the New Zealand Music Industry. Audio

Guitarist Michael Bloomfield was born in Chicago, a rich white Jewish kid who ended up jamming with some of the biggest blues players, as well as the likes of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.

A new… Audio

Trevor Reekie talks with the recently appointed President of Blue Note Records, Don Was, about his vision for the label and maintaining its artistic integrity in the 21st Century musical landscape. Audio

John White, ex-Mestar, has ditched his guitar for a keyboard in Dunedin group The Blueness. Emma Smith talks with John on the release of their debut album 'Ravendah Dream'. Audio

Off the back of a whirlwind New Zealand tour, Music 101 host Emma Smith talks with Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse from the Pennsylvanian-by-way-of-Brooklyn USA two-piece who aren't afraid to get in touch… Audio

Blues Fest is a successful blues/rock festival that has run for two decades in Byron Bay, Australia. Sam Wicks and Trevor Reekie hit the blues highway to Whitianga to check out BluesFest 2008… Audio

Blur's eighth studio LP, The Magic Whip, is the Britpop quartet's first since 2003 Think Tank, their first with guitarist Graham Coxon since he was booted in 1999, and the first with producer Stephen… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the latest album from influential Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada. Audio

His band Zoh-Zoh have recorded a new tune that shines a light on the big difference between Yaw's home town for the last 11 years, Auckland and the capital of Ghana, Accra. Audio

Wellington folk droners Body Lyre on their new crowdfunded release Blood/Work. Audio

NZ-via-Detroit producer and DJ Recloose visits '70s disco pioneer and fellow Detroit native Bohannon at his home in Atlanta. Audio

Australian duo Bohemian Nights took time out from the The 50th Wellington Folk Festival to drop by the Radio Nealand Studios bringing with them a party-time mix of styles from around the world… Audio

London-born Nigerian spoken-word artist Bohemian Thanni is living in Wellington where he's found kindred musical souls to help him realise his first album 'Magnificent Dyslexic', which deals with… Audio

T Rex frontman Marc Bolan was the ultimate chameleon, who's hugely influential career was incredibly prolific considering his short life. Bolan arguably can claim to have introduced glam rock with a… Audio

We sit in on a master class with Tuareg blues guitarist, Bombino. Audio

The man behind Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, talks to Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone about chillin' with Kanye West, his side-projects Volcano Choir and Gayngs, and the self-titled follow up album to his… Audio

The doomy Melbourne group tell of the uncomfortable rehearsal that won them a slot at the final Camp A Low Hum. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews 'The Marble Downs' a collaborative album by Glasgow's Trembling Bells and Kentucky's Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Audio

23 year old New Orleans-based Benjamin Booker has just released his debut album, which fuses blues, punk, and garage rock - Nick Bollinger finds out more. Audio

Nelson based drum n bass producer Rich Gibbins tells how he's making the fairly strict rhythms and sound palettes of drum n bass his own on his debut album Flashes of the Future. Audio

The Borderline Music Festival took place at St Kevins Arcade in Auckland over Easter 2010, and featured dozens of weird and wonderful acts spread across four nights. Matthew Crawley was there to… Audio

Anna Dean interviews a gentle rural type; Willy McKay about his alter ego Boss Christ. Audio

Both Sides of The Line with the song Lucky Ones from the EP Five. 13 October 2012. http://bothsidesoftheline.bandcamp.com/ Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews The Next Day - David Bowie's 30th album, and his first in ten years for The Sampler on Radio New Zealand National. Audio

In October 2012, academics and fans from around the world gathered at Limerick University in Ireland for the first ever David Bowie symposium, 'Strange Fascination', dedicated entirely to the study of… Audio

Boycrush with the song 'The Only One' Http://www.Soundcloud.com/b_ycrush Audio

Boycrush cracked the art of a pop song with tracks like Secrets on his 2012 debut. Zac Arnold reckons Alistair Deverick has done it again with the five tracks on the new Girls On Top EP. Audio

A young Charles Bradley was an audience member at one of those infamous shows by James Brown Live at The Apollo in the early 60s. The veteran soul singer has been performing ever since, but a series… Audio

The songs of soul survivor Charles Bradley, tell of the hardships and struggles of life- a subject he knows a lot about. After years of on again off again parenting from his mother, he left home at… Audio

Billy Bragg visited New Zealand for the seventh time in October 2012. While he was in Auckland he recorded a studio session for 95bFM, armed only with an acoustic guitar. First up is one from Billy's… Audio

Billy Bragg reflects on his latest album Tooth and Nail,and looks ahead to his upcoming tour downunder. Audio

The Breakaways perform 'Baby Please Don't Go' live at the Monte Cristo Room, Auckland. Audio

The rotating cast of Breaks Co-Op rehearse their new line-up as they prepare to tour a third album Sounds Familiar. Nick Atkinson has the story. Audio

Nick Atkinson checks in on Breaks Co-op on the eve of a national tour in support of their 3rd album Sounds Familiar. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the self-pitying solo debut of Brunettes founder Jonathan Bree for The Sampler. Audio

The Breeders, an American band fronted by the Deal sisters, stepped up the pace when Kim Deal's full-time gig - playing bass with The Pixies - ended in '88. The original Breeders line-up included… Audio

Brian Jonestown Massacre's infamous frontman Anton Newcombe gives us a lesson in psychedlia. He speaks to Zac Arnold while the band are in town. Audio

Bright Child with 'Like It Better' http://brightchild.bandcamp.com/ 13 July 2013 Audio

Jackie Bristow is just back from the United States where she lives these days to play a few concerts. Audio

The Broadsides sing songs of love and loss with swagger in their holsters and strut in their spurs. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to these fiddle n banjer playing Aucklanders about their new EP 'Bring Me… Audio

James Mercer of the Shins tells Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone about working with Gnarls Barkley's Brian Burton a.k.a. Dangermouse on Broken Bells, the collaborative project that sees the pair bond… Audio

Radio New Zealand first met with The Broken Heartbreakers back in 2007 when their self-titled debut came out. At the time interviewer Richard Wain casually suggested the two frontpeople should get… Audio

Auckland duo John Guy Howell and Rachel Bailey tell Richard Wain about their love of old sounds. Audio

Nelson duo Broods have recently signed a worldwide deal with Capitol Records in Los Angeles. It's a big jump from winning the Rock Quest in Hamilton as The Peasants two and half years ago. Nick… Audio

New Zealand's Georgia and Caleb Nott have positioned themselves as one of the fastest rising new acts to emerge during the second half of 2013. Audio

We cross-examine the Nelson-born brother and sister of Georgia and Caleb Nott amidst a busy release schedule that sees them drop their Joel Little-produced debut album Evergreen one continent at a… Audio

Nick Atkinson speaks to music consultant Jack Body and film score composers Tom Fox and Marshall Smith about the music to acclaimed Annie Goldson documentary Brother Number One. Audio

A Wellington two-piece - Joe Dobson and Lawrence Taua - turn out (literally) "a raw blend of 60's psychedelia fused with 50's rock'n'roll, Dixie and carnival" - complete with revolving drum riser… Audio

Ted Brown won the Most Promising Male vocalist Award at the 1993 Music Awards and released a handful of singles on the Pagan label in the early 90's. He later teamed up with Greg Johnson and relocated… Audio

The late virtuoso guitarist Bob Brozman made his career travelling and collaborating with musicians all around the globe. He stoped in with a few of his hundreds of guitars to strum and chat with… Audio

The late Bob Brozman, a virtuoso guitarist and music ethnomusicologist forged a career collaborating with musicians around the globe. On a return visit to WOMAD Taranaki in 2011, Trevor Reekie took… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews 'Structures and Cosmetics' by The Brunettes. Audio

The Brunettes perform a guerrilla session in an art gallery for Music 101. Audio

The Brunettes have become an institution in the New Zealand music scene. This can be put down to their ridiculously wonderful music. Audio

Alt-country singer songwriter Richard Buckner, who toured New Zealand in April 2007 with San Francisco Bay-based Edith Frost. Audio

P-Money's new album BackPack Travels sees him partner with Buckshot, a stalwart of NYC hip hop who co-founded Duck Down Music Inc., now home to P-Money and David Dallas. For Music 101, P-Money… Audio

Kirsten Johnstone asks about the album 'Vesuvius' and Luke Buda plays. Audio

Special Surprise by Luke Buda is reviewed by Nick Bollinger for The Sampler. Audio

Buddy Guy with Trevor Reekie Audio

Reviewer Scott Kara takes a listen to the menacing, apocalyptic sounds on Angels And Devils, the latest album from London electronic producer The Bug. Audio

Sam Wicks caught up with the young singer/songwriter's while visiting Auckland on the back of recording his 2nd album with legendary producer Rick Rubin. Audio

English teenager Jake Bugg has just released his second album, which was produced by Rick Rubin at Shangri La Studios in Malibu. Nick Bollinger takes a listen. Audio

Wellington Black Metallers with their latest album Down in the Cold of the Grace and their distinctive take on the genre. Audio

Black metal horde Bulletbelt are set to release Rise of the Banshee this week, their new album that features the Wellington-based band's new vocalist Joelene Tempest. Craig Hayes sits down with… Audio

Confirmed Drum'n'Bass head Bulletproof has a new album out that he's promoting as 100% Dubstep. With Boh Runga, David Dallas and Isaac Aesili all guesting Nick Atkinson asked Bulletproof, Jay to his… Audio

From drum'n'bass to dubstep, Christchurch-born, Auckland-based electronic music producer Jay Monds has been testing the limits of bass bin speakers for 17 years. Despite his extensive production… Audio

Music industry impresario Danny Goldberg has penned a new book, Bumping into Geniuses, in which he details a career handling the PR for KISS and Led Zeppelin, running Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic… Audio

When The Phoenix Foundation's Sam Scott was laid out with a back injury, he became re-inspired by the albums of his teen years - The Breeders, Weezer, and Dinosaur Jr amongst them. He and his band… Audio

Fiddler Marian Burns has played throughout the world to great acclaim, including France where 'The Paris Sessions' were recorded. Audio

Dr Rob Burns, senior lecturer in music at the University of Otago, is the author of Transforming Folk, a book about innovation and tradition in English folk-rock music - it's not all about dulcimers… Audio

Calexico frontman Joey Burns skips out of soundcheck to play songs for Nick Atkinson Audio

Boasting the impressive title of "Master of the Telecaster", James Burton was already playing the guitar semi-professionally at age 13. He'd go on to work with everyone from Johnny Cash and Gram… Audio

Trevor Reekie talks to the Drummers of Burundi at WOMAD Taranaki 2012. Audio

Busby Marou share the song that took them to number one in Australia and chat about touring tiny towns. Audio

We take to the streets to check out some of the musicians making the most of consumer chaos and generosity at Christmas time. Audio

This earthy twelve-string playing bluesy roots musician saunters into Radio New Zealand's Wellington studio to play a couple of tracks for The Music Mix. Expect environmental consciousness, tales of a… Audio

Singer Pete Shelley joins us from his home in Estonia to talk about his charmed life. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Love This Giant, by David Byrne and St Vincent. Audio